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Windows 95 Taskbar - Toolbar - Temporarily Remove the Taskbar

SUMMARY: Temporarily hide Windows 95's taskbar.

Although the taskbar is handy, if you are the type that usually only runs a couple of programs (such as word processors or databases that tend to fill up the whole screen with information), that line or two of space taken up by the taskbar could prove REAL handy for displaying more information. Don't fret: you CAN temporarily remove the taskbar, and there are two ways of doing it:

Option one: Simply resize the taskbar so it can not be seen. Click and drag the taskbar border towards the screen border.

Options two: Have the taskbar automatically "hide" itself when needed. This can be accomplished by the following steps: right-click on the taskbar at an empty space, and select properties. Then, click on "Auto-hide" to check it. Click on "OK" to close the dialog box, and -- voila! the taskbar is gone, or is it? Move your mouse pointer to the border of your screen where the taskbar used to be, and it will reappear temporarily, allowing you to select different programs to activate. Move your mouse away, and its gone again! (Note that by pressing and holding down the CONTROL key while tapping the ESCape key, you can make the taskbar appear from just about anywhere and go straight to running other programs, changing the system settings, finding a file, etc.)